Lober's Birthday Party at Lake Shearness

We headed out to Lake Shearness for Peyton Lobe's Birthday Party, and camped there for the weekend. Peyton was one of the goalies from Kolt's Spring Hockey Team. As we got to know the Lobe's over spring hockey, we really enjoyed them. Rick is really short, and Anita is really tall. Peyton is Kolt's age, and their daughter Gabby is Drew's age.

They have a boat, so they brought it out and we got to play with them all weekend. It was a great time!

This is the birthday cake that Grandma Lobe made for Peyton. It was the Stanley cup!! It was really incredible. She used something like 14 cake boxes to make it. Incredible!

My kids on the tube

Good times!! The lake is really warm because the Shearness Power Plant uses it as a cooling reservoir. The campground was really nice as well. Not so many trees as I like, but very clean, with a great playground, and a store.

Love,
Jodi

Sylvan Lake

Hello!

We headed up to Sylvan Lake for the weekend to stay in a friends cabin. We have decided that was way too much packing, unpacking and cleaning. From now on we will holiday in our trailer. However, it was still a nice get-a-way for us. And a great way to figure out what kind of holiday you enjoy :)

We were bored at the beach the first day, so Brian and the kids began construction on a very big sand castle. Here it is in the works...

It was a great way to pass the time at the beach. Having some good old fashioned fun in the sand!

Kolt isn't always into 'group projects'. So he snuck off and made this giant happy face in the sand on his own.

Some nice pics of the kids I snapped while they were playing in the water....

The next day, Mike, Denise and Justice came to play

It's always nice to spend time catching up with old friends. And they are so easy to hang out with. Always lot's of laughs and good times :)

All in all, a nice weekend for sure :)

Love,
Jodi

First year of Field Lacrosse

Hi Everyone,

We are on a roll now! Yaaay. The next few posts will be in no particular order, now that I have so much to catch up on - but that's because there is so much to catch up on!

Both boys played field Lacrosse this year. They really enjoyed it. It was good. Kolt was still labelled a tyke so he never got to play any official games. Jake never really played much for official games this year either, but he did get to play "sort of" games.

I snapped some pics of Jake at Lacrosse in his gear. He looked sooo big. Everywhere we go, he always seems so big to me now. I kept forgetting my camera on Kolts practice night, so unfortunately, no pics of him in his gear :( I know, I know, Bad Mom!

Here are some pics of Brian and the kids playing lacrosse at home. This was a particularly beautiful evening during the summer. I love nights like this where we all just hang out together and play :)

During the game I was playing around with photo shoots. Of course, you can't get Jake away from the game, so he wasn't included in the photo shoot. But here are Kolt and Drew. The barn makes an amazing background don't you think?

That about sums this post up. Just wanted to share one of my favorite nights of the summer!

Love,

Jodi

Drew

I have been meaning for quite some time to do a post specifically about Drew. She is so cute (as are all children her age), and I have forgotten so many stories about the boys, that I don't want to make that same mistake with Drew. So I'm going to blog about them in hopes that the stories will remain in cyberspace for many years to come.

Drew spends much of her time with my Mom & Dad. Her and Mom have had quite a special bond from the very beginning, as Mom was there all through out the early feeding struggles. She is so picky as to whom she graces with her presence, so Mom always gets her, mostly by acclimation. Dad and Drew are beginning a relationship of their own, not by lack of effort on Dad's part. Dad tries very hard - Drew takes total advantage of it.

One day, Drew was at Mom & Dad's, and she saw that Mom had 2 iPods. So she asked Mom, "Momma, do you have two iPods? And Mom said, "Yes, Grandpa gave me a new one". To that Drew replied, "is that why you like Grandpa?"

Another time, Drew was on her way in to Calgary with Mom. When she used to see airplanes, she would yell, so loud, "AIRPLANE!!!!". So her and Mom started a game of pointing out airplanes. All the way into Calgary and back, they would point out airplanes. One day, when they drove past the airport, she saw an airplane that had just landed. She said, "look Momma, that airplane's walking..."

Drew loves the t.v. show Franklin. And when I say love, I mean completely adore. Would do anything for... So, not very long ago, she had a sleepover at Becca's house. She has finally accepted Becca into her small circle of love. So I asked Becca to please put her to bed at 8:00. So, at 8:15, Becca went to lie down with her, so she would fall asleep. Well, Drew saw this as her opportunity, to solve all of her world's problems. She kept Becca in there with her until 9:30!! She told Becca, "I wov Fwantwin. And his fwiends aw, Beeva, Beaw, Ottaw, Wabbit. And he has a bad word on his hat. And you tids aw my ownwee fwends."

Brian and Drew were wrestling and playing around one day, and she would come and hit him, while he was on the couch, and then run away. Then come back and hit him again, and run away. So, the last time she hit him, he said "oh, now you're toast". She ran away fast squealing, "you can't get me, toasta!!" It really surprised us, cuz this isn't something we have ever said. I said to Brian, "did she just call you a toaster?" and he said "yeah, that's actually funnier than I originally thought" - we laughed and laughed. It was sooo funny - she is so quick!!

Mom called me late one morning on her way over to pick up the kids she was stopping at Tim Horton's to pick up lunch for them. So I asked the kids if they wanted soup or a sandwich from Tim's. Kolt picked Cream of Mushroom Soup, and Jake picked Chicken Noodle Soup. When I asked Drew what she wanted, she yelled "CHINESE FOOD!!!" When Mom picked her up, Mom told her Tim Hortons was out of Chinese Food today, and Drew said, "Awww, but Chinese Food is the best food in da whole world!!" The one thing you have to understand about Drew, is that her favorite food in the whole world changes almost everyday....

Last night I made a roast beef dinner. But the roast wasn't done until really late. We didn't eat until 8:15. Drew wouldn't sit on her chair, so I said, "Drew, please sit on your chair". And she said, "but Mom, I'm just not hundaree right now". I said, "I know hunny, it's awfully late for supper, do you just want to go to bed?" She said, "I don't want to go to bed right now, you just should have made supper tomorrow night, Mooommm"

The stories really don't do any justice written down. It's how she says them, and her expressions that are sooo funny. I need to try to capture her on video, doing some of the things she does. I'm going to try and get a video up of her singing.....it's very cute - and she LOVES to sing.

She has started gymnastics this month, and is loving it. I may try to take some pics one of these weeks. It's really helping her to come out of her shell.

That's all for now!!
Love,
Jodi

End of Winter

Happy #3 Drew, and Happy #7 Kolt!!

OH MY GOSH!!! I am sooo far behind in posting. Here are some birthday pictures - better late than never I guess - there aren't any of Jake's birthday yet, but I got some great ones especially for the blog. I also have some cute stories, so I am going to get to work on posting them.

Chuckwagon Racing

Yesterday afternoon, we were at the xtreme game. Dedo's sponsored, & asked our boys to race for them as they had to whisk off to Wisconsin for a funeral. It was a lot of fun. They did so good. Jake has raced 3 times now. Twice for RnR and once for Woodmont. His team broke the record time when he raced with Woodmont, and yesterday they had the second best time overall. This picture below is Jake with Jaxon White, they are planning their strategy - Kolt is behind the chuckwagon, his job is to push and steer. He did awesome.






Ready Jake?

Kolt

Here is the video of the race... Jake is the one on front with 22 on his back - Kolt is behind.

Love,

Jodi